Boehner called Zandi the "pet economist" of House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi of California, citing his support for an economic-stimulus bill that the White House once estimated would keep unemployment below 8 percent.

That's why economists like Mark Zandi, of Moody Analytics, who was an economic adviser to John McCain's presidential campaign, issued a study last week showing that the HR1 - the Republican spending bill for this year -- would destroy 700,000 jobs.

Mark Zandi, chief economist for Moody's Analytics, Inc., told Bloomberg: "The problems that have come to light in the legal process have the potential to cause more foreclosure delays," Zandi said from West Chester, Pennsylvania.